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Tuesday, December 8, 2015

ABOUT THE BOOK:From the New York Times bestselling author of
Keeper of the Castle, San Francisco contractor and
ghost whisperer Mel Turner must solve a murder mystery at a
haunted mansion in the Pacific Heights…

San Francisco millionaire Andrew Flynt wants to sell his
Victorian mansion, but ghostly music, the squeaking of a
long-disappeared weathervane, and an angry ghost keep
running off potential buyers. After a famous psychic is
called in, she informs the Flynts that their
multi-million-dollar renovations to “update” the
home have left its resident ghost extremely agitated. So
contractor Mel Turner is engaged to track down and replace
some of the original features of the house.

But when the beautiful psychic is found stabbed, it appears
someone had a very human motive for murder. Now Mel must use
her ghost whispering gift to uncover the secrets of the
haunted house on the hill, and her sleuthing skills to catch
a killer.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

Pseudonym for Hailey Lind.Juliet
Blackwell (aka Julie Goodson-Lawes, aka Hailey Lind) started out life
in Palo Alto, California, borne of a Texan mother and a Yankee father.
The family soon moved to what were, at the time, the sticks of
Cupertino, an hour south of San Francisco. Walking to and from
kindergarten every day she would indulge in her earliest larcenous
activity: stealing walnuts and apricots from surrounding orchards.By
the time she graduated middle school, the orchards were disappearing and
the valley at the southern tip of the San Francisco Bay had become the
cradle of the silicon semi-conductor. A man named Steve Jobs was working
in his garage in Cupertino, just down the street. Juliet's father
advised his daughters to enter the lucrative and soon-to-flourish field
of computers."Bah"
said Juliet, as she went on to major in Latin American Studies at the
University of California, Santa Cruz (they had, by far, the best parties
of any department). Rather than making scads of money in computers, she
read, painted, learned Spanish and a little French and Vietnamese,
lived in Spain and traveled through Europe, Mexico, and Central America.
She had a very good time.Juliet
pursued Masters Degrees in Anthropology and Social Work at the State
University of New York at Albany, where she published several
non-fiction articles on immigration as well as one book-length
translation. Fascinated with other cultural systems, she studied the
religions, folklore and medical beliefs of peoples around the world,
especially Latin America. Juliet taught the anthropology of health and
health care at SUNY-Albany, and worked as an elementary school social
worker in upstate New York. She also did field projects in Mexico and
Cuba, studied in Spain, Italy, and France, worked on a BBC production in
the Philippines, taught English as a second language in San Jose, and
learned how to faux finish walls in Princeton, New Jersey. After having a
son, moving back to California, and abandoning her half-written
dissertation in cultural anthropology, Juliet started painting murals
and portraits for a living. She has run her own mural/faux finish design
studio in Oakland, across the bay from San Francisco, for more than a
decade.Finally,
to round out her tour of lucrative careers, Juliet turned to writing.
Under the pseudonym of Hailey Lind, Juliet penned the Art Lover's
Mystery Series with her sister Carolyn (www.haileylind.com), about an
ex-art forger trying to go straight by working as a muralist and faux
finisher in San Francisco. The first of these, Feint of Art, was
nominated for an Agatha Award; Shooting Gallery and Brush with Death
were both IMBA bestsellers, and Arsenic and Old Paint was released in
2010.Juliet's
first Witchcraft Mystery, Secondhand Spirits, about a witch who finally
finds a place to fit in when she opens a vintage clothes shop on Haight
Street in San Francisco, allowed Juliet to indulge yet another
interest—the world of witchcraft and the supernatural. Ever since her
favorite aunt taught her about reading cards and tea leaves, Juliet has
been fascinated with seers, conjurers, and covens from many different
cultures and historic traditions. Halloween is by far her favorite
holiday.When
not writing, painting, or haranguing her funny but cynical teenaged son,
Juliet spends a lot of time restoring her historic Arts and Crafts
house and gardening with Oscar the cat, who ostensibly belongs to the
neighbors but won't leave her alone. He started hanging around when
Juliet started writing about witches...funny coincidence.

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comments:

Give Up the Ghost sounds like a great mystery! I like that the book has a supernatural element to it (ghost). I do enjoy reading the Witchcraft mysteries so I am looking forward to checking out this series.myrifraf(at)gmail(dot)com

I have two Juliet Blackwell mysteries on my TBR shelf! I love San Francisco and old Victorian houses. Even though I only spent five hours in San Francisco, it is my most favorite city. So I love that she sets her books in that locale.

on the mend

Trying to get back to normal but with husband having total knee replacement, things have been crazy. There aren't enough hours in the day and I am so exhausted, I may grab a few books and run away from home! BUT thing are slowly improving and he is a good patient most of the time. Hope you all are enjoying a nice holiday time.